A Study On Developing A Scale For Science and Primary Teacher's Self Efficacy Regarding Providing Project-Based Teaching

The aim of this study is to develop a valid and reliable scale which can be used to assess self efficacy of science and primary teachers teachers to provide project based teaching. Validity and reliability studies of the scale were conducted with participation of 61 science teachers and 195 class teachers working in the secondary and primary schools in Provincial Directorate of National Education of Malatya between 2012 and 2013. As a result of the exploratory factor analysis performed to determine construct validity of the scale, it was found that factor loads of the scale consisted of 5 factors ranging between 0.54 and 0.80 and Kaiser Mayer Olkin (KMO) value was 0.86, and Cronbach’s Alpha value of internal consistency coefficient calculated for reliability validity was 0.92. These factors were called as “Mastery on Process of the Project, Guiding”, “Planning, Preparation, and Reflection”, “Practice and Evaluation”, “Feedback, Alternative Assessment”, and “Group Process and High Level Learning”, respectively. A 5-point likert-type scale, which explains 66% of total variance and consists of 24 items, was obtained after this study. 40%, 8%, 7%, 5%, and 6% of this variance were comprised of the first factor, the second factor, the third factor, the fourth factor, and the fifth factor, respectively. Results obtained as a result of validity and reliability studies indicate that the scale is valid and reliable. This scale is considered as an important tool for teachers to determine their self-efficacy regarding providing project-based teaching